Sentences with phrase «social life of the country»

Open discrimination and prejudice towards Indonesian Chinese effect not only social life of the country but also political and economic spheres.

The Service to the Arts Award is given to locally and nationally recognized arts advocates whose efforts have supported artists and arts institutions and who have made contributions to the cultural and social life of our country, representing the highest level of leadership, integrity and vision.

Without this, we can not assure every Canadian an equal opportunity to participate in the political, cultural, economic, and social life of this country.

Not exact matches

The top countries frequently have high values for all six of the key variables that contribute to overall well - being: income (GDP per capita), healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust (absence of corruption) and generosity.

You can retire well on a Social Security alone check in these five countries, say the editors of International Living.

As countries around the world respond to their aging populations, the French results shine a spotlight on why it's important to keep up high levels of cognitive and social stimulation through work and retired life.

The types of platforms we use may shift, especially for users living in countries that could benefit from the censorship - blasting potential of blockchain technology, and video (both traditional and live) will continue to dominate as the social communication medium of the future.

Mobile is contributing to economic and social development across the globe, delivering financial inclusion to unbanked populations with 270 live services in 90 countries as of December 2015 according to GSMA Mobile Economy Report.

Almost 340,000 individuals participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey and General Social Survey from 2009 to 2013, which permitted Statistics Canada to perform community - level measures of life satisfaction for 33 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and 58 economic regions across the country.

For example, a person's individual Social Security payments depend in part on changes in the overall cost of living across the country.

thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

I stuck it out in a crazy business that has robbed me of any normal social life (constantly moving around the country), worked my tail off and risked it all and was fortunate enough to be in a good place at the right time and take advantage of an opportunity with every bit of energy I could muster.

The bias that Gregor showed to be embedded into human social life plays out quantifiably in the professional world: In Western countries, a jump from the 25th percentile of height to the 75th — about four or five inches — is associated with an increase in salary between 9 and 15 percent.

SmartAsset's interactive map highlights the counties in the country where Social Security benefits will cover the most of a person's cost of living after paying taxes.

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

My mother is 80, lives in one of the cheapest places in the country, makes 60k a year between social security and a guaranteed dividend (until she dies) from charitable gift.

Hi Steve, Is this program like the US social security system where it appears destined to bankrupt our country sometime in the future because of changing life spans, demographics, etc.?

Yes our quality of life is still quite good relative to SOME other countries... that not really what people are thinking though when they use the term «3rd world country» — they are talking about the trending that they see — and the media reflects a perception out there that things are trending in a negative direction... look, if you read my original posts, you will see that they have much less to do with our economy as they have to do with WHY we are involved in the middle east and the SOCIAL impact of that.

The Pew Research Center found that in 2012, 3 out of 4 people worldwide lived in a country with high levels of social hostilities involving religion, compared with 64 percent of people who lived with high levels of government restrictions on religion.

During most of his long life he stood near to political circles in the capital, and he was acutely aware of the public problems, social and international, in which his country was involved.

Admittedly I have drawn attention to large - scale suffering, but the question is just as difficult to answer when we come to the hatred, lust, malice, greed, pride and selfishness which mar the national, social and family life of our own country.

... The consequences, positive or negative, of decisions of a principally cultural or political nature in relation to the family touch upon the various areas of the life of a society and a country» (Pope Francis, Message to participants in the 47th Social Week for Italian Catholics, 13 September 2013).

Halfway houses (where small groups of patients who are not ready to return to their homes live together and receive help in social rehabilitation), day hospitals, foster home services, rehabilitation centers, and ex-patient clubs are still in short supply in all parts of our country.

Failure to understand this shows a provincial mentality which has not yet grasped that we are living in a period of world history when no country can any longer be self - sufficient whether in the economic, cultural, scientific or social spheres.

Although Mordechai Kaplan may have envisioned something slightly different, the majority of JCCs around the country became places for Jews to spend time together and to create a parallel universe where they could live out their American social fantasies.

The unlettered Catholic who came to the United States in the last century fashioned a way of life within the host Protestant culture that was tight, intellectually narrow, and wrapped in an invisible and largely impermeable membrane that resisted social osmosis with the rest of the country.

For example, the concept of freedom speaks of a condition where capital has the ability to embark and disembark in a country without any approval or regulation from a social agency in which individuals and community set different priorities to seek perfection in life.

Rapid population growth is a pervasive fact of life in less - developed countries today — a form of social change so typical, and at the same time so profound, that it may spuriously be associated with almost any other social phenomenon of the present generation.

The idea was affirmed by Benjamin Rush who called for a university dedicated to «those branches of knowledge which increase the conveniences of life, lessen human misery, improve our country, promote population, exalt the human understanding, and establish domestic, social and political happiness.»

Social hostilities involving religion soared worldwide in 2012, with nearly 3 out of 4 of the world's people (74 %) living in countries with high levels.

I worry that many of the children of those immigrants will assimilate all too well into the actual country we live in, with its horrendously unequal distribution of social capital and family stability.

Our country's experience (as well as that of other progressive nations) has taught us that social solutions can be found to serve the health and welfare needs of people, enabling them to live better lives.

She leads social media for ministry intensives around the country, helping faith leaders explore authentic ways to enrich, engage and expand progressive communities in the 21st century, and is the proud proprietor of The Holy Heretic, a thinking person's tavern found in Second Life.

If I were choosing recent books in this area which most deserve to be read outside the country, I would start with Oliver O'Donovan's political theology in The Desire of the Nations; John Milbank's critique of the social sciences in Theology and Social Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical study for a social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from thesocial sciences in Theology and Social Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical study for a social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from theSocial Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical study for a social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from thesocial anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from theology.

The happiness report is a serious study of people's emotional well - being based on a country's gross domestic product per capita, healthy life expectancy, the social support people are offered, freedom to make life choices, generosity and perceptions of corruption.

Since the 1980s, the country's leaders have been concerned about the quality of the educational system and its ability to prepare students for contemporary economic and social life.

In the midst of so much freedom and self - determination and in countries with generous social security and high «quality of life,» why do so many people choose to end their lives?

The campaign kicks off in March with TV commercials and will be brought to life across social media, digital activations, retail, OOH, and at some of the country's biggest events and cultural moments throughout the summer.

, one of the largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare organizations in the country dedicated to promoting social and emotional development, fostering resilience and building skills for school and life success in children.

Any applicant that was born outside the US who is a current citizen or has a valid Social Security Number is eligible for donation; with the exception of those that have lived in certain European countries during a specific time period.

Set in and around the capital of the high - stakes country music business, Private Lives of Nashville Wives will follow a group of accomplished, opinionated and driven women as they deal with professional challenges, family issues and social relationships.

They also explored a number of social community factors and revealed that moms who had only lived in a neighbourhood for a short period of time, or who originally were not from the Sydney district (i.e. born in another country) were more at risk of developing postpartum depression.

«And no, I do not consider countries with social umbrella as with best quality of life.»

«I want us to give millions of ordinary families and people in this country the opportunity to live a better life... What we want to do is genuinely address the cost of living and social mobility.»

A grassroots campaign like this would be online - focused, of course, since email and the social web are where we now live much of our lives, but it could also have a strong on - the - ground component as well, enabled by the local social - welfare organizations that have helped sign people up all over the country.

Delaying infrastructure decisions is no longer simply inconvenient, it's a matter of life and death for people in countries most affected by the adverse consequences of climate change, Mr Clarke will claim in a debate to be held during the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science

With events from some of the country's leading social scientists, the Festival celebrates the very best of British social science research and how it influences our social, economic and political lives - both now and in the future.

He said no fewer than five million people living in the Lake Chad Basin countries had been displaced by the depletion of the lake due to climate change, noting that the shrinkage of Lake Chad, a former island sea, had resulted in increased social conflicts, high rates of migration and cross border movements.

Speaking on how to bring sustainable transformation to our country in term of policies, economies and social live, the NLC President said what Nigeria needs at the moment is positive change that will rebrand her image in all sectors of the economy.

Shireen is also president of the board of directors of Community Technology Centers» Network, a national affiliation of initiatives and organizations around the country that collectively promote effective technology integration for social, civic, and economic security in the lives of low - income communities.